GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| overthrow | overturn |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |